HVAC and water systems are carefully designed for each environment to be able to create a balance of temperature, humidity, air flow, and purity according to the occupant’s needs. However, these systems can fall out of calibration, and need to have testing and balancing services performed by a professional testing and balance company.
New buildings can have their environmental systems running inefficiently through improper installation during the building’s construction, or from a building’s plans being changed during construction and the system not being updated. Existing buildings have their environmental systems fall out of balance through the wear and tear of general use, and the performance suffers and operating costs rise.
This is why a testing and balancing company should come in and go through the process of checking and adjusting all of the environmental systems in the building to get back to the design specifications.
There are numerous benefits to having your environmental systems tested and balanced, and brought back to the standards and performance levels they were designed to provide. The immediately noticeable benefits to the building occupants includes improving the indoor air quality and creating a healthier, more comfortable environment. The longer term benefits are that it will prolong the life of the system, and reduce the overall maintenance costs for keeping them operating. Making sure the system is running as efficiently as possible will also decrease utility expenses. Finally, if the system serves a critical environment, having it tested and balanced will ensure that it provides the required air change rates and creates the needed relative pressure in the area, keeping at risk occupants safe and clean.
enTaB’s testing and balancing services are performed by checking environmental system installations for their conformation to the original design, measuring and establishing the fluid quantities of the system as required to meet the design conditions, and then recording and reporting these results.
Our testing and balancing services include:
- Balancing the air and water distribution systems.
- Adjusting the total system to provide design quantities.
- Electrical measurements.
- Establishing quantitative performance of all equipment.
- Verifying automatic control system operation and sequences of operation.
- Sound and vibration measurement.
Contact us now to find out how we can help keep your environmental system running at top efficiency.
